Combined cigarette-box and match-holder.



H. A. GRIFFIN. COMBINED CIGARETTE B0X AND MATCH HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED APR.13, 1912.

Patented Dec.31,1912.

/17TOHNEYS l of the matches but serves to ignite a match described, and illustrated which the cigarette-box and match-holder HUGH A. Gmrrrmor ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH cARoLINA.'

COMBINED CIGARETTE-BOX AND MATCH-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern: A

Beit known that I, HUGH A. GRIFFIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Rocky IMount, in the county of Edgecombe and State of North invented a Combined Cigarette-Box and Match-Holder, of which the following is a specification. f

In my invention, a match-holder and igniter is pasted on the front of the cigarettebox proper and is so constructed as to normally cover and protect the fulminate ends when being withdrawn.

The details of construction, arrangement, and combination of parts are as hereinafter in the accompanying drawing, in -which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cigarette box and my improved match-holder applied thereto, the box being partly extracted or Withdrawn `from the larger case or holder. Fig. the inner slidable box removed from the case or holder and having the match-lighter attached. Figf is a longitudinal section of the cigarette-box and the match-holder inserted in the case or holder. Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line H of Fi 2. ig. 5 is a plan view of the blank om and igniter are formed.

In Fig. 1, the cigarette-box proper, 1, is shown partly extracted :from the larger case or box 2 and the match holder and igniter is applied to the front portion ofthe slidi able box. rlhe box l and match holder and 'igniter or from a single blank 3, which is shown` are preferably forced in one piece,

Hat in Fig. 5. A layer or coating ofsome coarse material is applied inthe two places to the flap of the blank transve'rsely, as at e, and when the blank is folded to form the box 1, the two la ers or coats 4 are o posite each other, as in icated in Fig. 3. Th

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led April 13, 1912. Serial No.- 690,491.

Carolina, have 2 is a perspective view of Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

' 3 of the blank 3, when folded down as shown, forms both the match holder and the igniter which also constitutes the front vof the cigarette-box 1.

In order to insert matches in the holder formed by the folded flap 3a, the cigarettebox l is drawn partly out of the case or box 2, and the flap 3a raised, and the matches a: then laid in, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and the flap 3 is then closed, thus clamping the matches so as to hold them in place. It will be seen that -their heads lie in the upper part of the fold and above the layer or coat ofrough material 4, so that the matches are inno danger of igniting accidentally. When the box 1 is shoved into the case 2, the flap 3a is held pressed elastically upon the matches but to confine them still more securely, the flap a-may be provided with' fastenings in the form of metalclips 5 applied at'the corners as shown.

To remove and ignite a match, the box 1 is drawn out partly or wholly from the case 2, and a match being then gripped and pulled down, its fulminate is ignited by sliding friction with the layers 4.

What I claim is A cigarette-box, match holder, and igniter,formed of a blank having its body or back portion provided with infolding side flaps, andy a narrow extension adapted to be folded to form the bottom of the box and also a part of its front, the free extremity ofthe extension being folded' upon itself and down upon the' front in a direction away HENRY MoDLlN,

e Hap 'GEORGE' W. HART. 

